French word oie comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (Egg.), Latin -ica
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*h₂ōwyóm | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | Egg. |
-ica | Latin (lat) | |
*awis | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | Bird. |
avis | Latin (lat) | (figuratively) omen, portent. A bird. |
*avica | Late Latin (LL) | |
*avica | Latin (lat) | |
*auca | Latin (lat) | (Vulgar Latin) goose. |
*auca | Vulgar Latin (la-vul) | |
oue | Old French (fro) | (bird). |
oie | French (fr) | Goose. |